Full name: Microcosmos: Four billion years of microbial evolution

Authors: Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan Year: 1986 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780520210646 0520210646

Microcosmos brings together the remarkable discoveries of microbiology of the past two decades and the pioneering research of Dr. Margulis to create a vivid new picture of the world that is crucial to our understanding of the future of the planet. Addressed to general readers, the book provides a beautifully written view of evolution as a process based on interdependency and the interconnectedness of all life on the planet. Similar books: The Vital Question by Nick Lane Ontogeny and Phylogeny by Stephen Jay Gould The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould Life Ascending by Nick Lane Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being by Alice Roberts Evolution by Carl Zimmer The Extended Phenotype by Richard Dawkins Why Evolution Is True by Jerry A. Coyne Evolution by James A. Shapiro Symbiotic Planet by Lynn Margulis Evolution by Mark Ridley The Making of the Fittest by Sean B. Carroll Acquiring Genomes by Lynn Margulis Dawkins vs. Gould by Kim Sterelny Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets This Phenomenal Life by Misha Blaise Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer